Time was, I shrank from what was right,
From fear of what was wrong;
I would not brave the sacred fight,
Because the foe was strong.
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And calmly do my best; Leaving to Him, with silent eyes Of hope and fear, the rest. I step, I mount where He has led; very fine thoughts. tony
A poem of faith and trust in his Saviour, Jesus. 'I rise/ And calmly do my best'. That is all you can do. He may dread his own faults, but ' I love his precept more'. Newman's poem inspires me to keep the faith.